In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MISFIELD
Etymology
Verb
misfield (third-person singular simple present misfields, present participle misfielding, simple past and past participle misfielded)
(cricket, rugby, baseball) To field the ball clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run.
Noun
misfield (plural misfields)
(cricket, rugby) A failure to field the ball properly.
Anagrams
• Fidelism, misfiled
Source: Wiktionary
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